FAIRPLAY, Md. — Cleanup continues after 26 cars of a 96-car Norfolk Southern merchandise train derailed Wednesday night near Fairplay, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail reports.
The derailment was reported to NS dispatchers about 8:50 p.m. and to Washington County, Md., Emergency Dispatch at 9:17 p.m. No injuries or hazardous materials were involved.
Estimates were that it could take 24 hours or more to restore the route to operation, according to an NS spokesman. The train involved was en route from East Binghamton, N.Y., to Roanoke, Va.,
The derailment site is about 9 miles south of Hagerstown, Md.
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